THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND ITS ACCOMPANYING MUSEUM WAS OPENED IN 1967 IN NASHVILLE BY THE COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION (CMF.) BECAUSE THE CMF HOUSES ONE OF THE WORLDS LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF COUNTRY MUSIC INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS, THE FOUNDATION IS A MAJOR CENTER FOR COUNTRY MUSIC STUDY. THE ULTIMATE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT FOR A COUNTRY MUSIC ENTERTAINER IS THEIR INDUCTION INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME. IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT COUNTRY MUSIC STARS SELECTED FOR THIS HIGH HONOR, KING RECORDS PRESENTS THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME COLLECTION OF COMPACT DISCS AND CASSETTES. ONLY THE MOST PROLIFIC ENTERTAINERS RECEIVE AN INDUCTION TO THE PRESTIGIOUS HALL OF FAME. ACCORDINGLY, THE SONGS ON THIS KING RECORDS HALL OF FAME SERIES ARE CHOSEN FROM THOSE RECORDING ARTISTS BEST SELECTIONS. EACH SONG IS DIGITALLY MASTERED BY SKILLED TECHNICIANS ON STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THE BEST SOUND QUALITY AVAILABLE.

ROGER MILLER WAS BORN IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS ON JANUARY 2, 1936. ROGERS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS ONLY ONE YEAR OLD. SOON AFTERWARDS, HIS MOTHER GOT ILL, AND ROGER WENT TO LIVE WITH HIS UNCLE ELMER IN ERICK, OKLAHOMA. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, UNCLE ELMERS DAUGHTER MARRIED THE COMEDIC SINGER AND ACTOR SHEB WOOLEY OF RAWHIDE FAME. SHEB BECAME A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON ROGERS LIFE. HE EVERN GAVE ROGER A FIDDLE WHEN HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD. ULTIMATELY, ROGER ALSO SOUGHT TO BE AN ENTERTAINER, AND WHAT A CAREER IT TURNED OUT TO BE. HE FIRST MOVED TO NASHVILLE IN 1957. ROGER HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO STAY SEVERAL WEEKS AT A CHEAP DIVE, OR HE COULD BLOW IT ON ONE NIGHT AT THE LUXURIOUS ANDREW JACKSON HOTEL. HE STAYED AT THE ANDREW JACKSON, AND THEN TOOK A JOB AS A BELLHOP THERE THE NEXT DAY! SOON AFTERWARD ROGER STARTED WRITING SONGS. ALTHOUGH HE RECORDED TWO SINGLES FOR STARDAY RECORDS AROUND THAT TIME, HE FIRST HAD SUCCESS WITH HIS PHENOMENAL SONG WRITING ABILITY. BECAUSE ARTISTS SUCH AS RAY PRICE, FARON YOUNG, GEORGE JONE, AND JIM REEVES RECORDED THE SONGS ROGER WROTE, HE BUILT A NAME FOR HIMSELF QUICKLY. IT WAS 1961 WHEN ROGER RECORDED HIS FIRST TOP 10 HIT, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE. IN 1964 ROGER RECORDED HIS HUGE #1 HIT DANG ME. THAT SAME YEAR HE WON FIVE GRAMMY AWARDS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, ROGER WON AN UNPRECEDENTED SIX GRAMMYS AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS OF HIS # 1 HIT, KING OF THE ROAD. IN 1995, THIS GREAT COUNTRY MUSIC STAR WAS INDUCTED INTO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME. SADLY, ROGER DIED OF THROAT CANCER IN 1992 AT THE OF 55. TO HIS FANS, ROGER MILLER WILL ALWAYS BE THE KING OF THE ROAD.